Baby 9
You must complete the following:
(Include the number of the question)
1. Name of the genetic disease
Retinoblastoma
2. Symptoms of disease
Symptoms of retinoblastoma Crossed eyes, Double vision, Eyes that do not align, Eye pain, and redness, Poor vision, Differing iris colors in each eye and blindness in each eye.
3. When is the disease usually detected... at birth or later in life?
It is usually detected at birth.
4. Frequency of carriers of this disease in the bhbui ubgbunnbtvy
5. Frequency of disease in the population
1 in ever 15,000 babies have retinoblastoma
6. Mode of inheritance. Is disease dominant, recessive, sex-linked or due to non-disjunction?
It is a inherited genetic disease that is a dominant trait.
7. Is disease autosomal ( on the first 22 pairs of chromosomes), or is it on the X-linked or sex chromosomes?
It is an autosomal
8. What chromosome number has been determined to carry this gene?
It effects chromosome number 13.
9. What treatment, if any, is used for this disease? How does the treatment affect the disease?
The treatment for it is to give raditation to the child to remove the tumor so that it doesn't spread through the body or so the that they can preserve the patients vision as much as they can.
10. What is the prognosis or outlook for your baby's recovery?
The prognosis for ever child is different because of were the tumor is, how healthy the child is, if the child is resistant to treatment, as well as the age of the child.
11. What future techniques might be used to correct or eliminate your baby's disease?
Some future techiniques to cure it are to use more acuteret chemotherpy, and use of the suicide gene to kill cancer and tumor cells.
12. Discuss in detail what difficulties, if any, a parent would encounter in raising a child with this disease.
13. Include diagrams of your child or factors related to your disease.
You must complete the following:
(Include the number of the question)
1. Name of the genetic disease
Retinoblastoma
2. Symptoms of disease
Symptoms of retinoblastoma Crossed eyes, Double vision, Eyes that do not align, Eye pain, and redness, Poor vision, Differing iris colors in each eye and blindness in each eye.
3. When is the disease usually detected... at birth or later in life?
It is usually detected at birth.
4. Frequency of carriers of this disease in the bhbui ubgbunnbtvy
5. Frequency of disease in the population
1 in ever 15,000 babies have retinoblastoma
6. Mode of inheritance. Is disease dominant, recessive, sex-linked or due to non-disjunction?
It is a inherited genetic disease that is a dominant trait.
7. Is disease autosomal ( on the first 22 pairs of chromosomes), or is it on the X-linked or sex chromosomes?
It is an autosomal
8. What chromosome number has been determined to carry this gene?
It effects chromosome number 13.
9. What treatment, if any, is used for this disease? How does the treatment affect the disease?
The treatment for it is to give raditation to the child to remove the tumor so that it doesn't spread through the body or so the that they can preserve the patients vision as much as they can.
10. What is the prognosis or outlook for your baby's recovery?
The prognosis for ever child is different because of were the tumor is, how healthy the child is, if the child is resistant to treatment, as well as the age of the child.
11. What future techniques might be used to correct or eliminate your baby's disease?
Some future techiniques to cure it are to use more acuteret chemotherpy, and use of the suicide gene to kill cancer and tumor cells.
12. Discuss in detail what difficulties, if any, a parent would encounter in raising a child with this disease.
13. Include diagrams of your child or factors related to your disease.